November 04, 1882

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Features

The Transfer of Gold Coin in New York, Progress of Telegraphy and More

Twenty-Ton Portable Steam Crane

Annular Eclipse of the Sun

Well Water in New York City

Fire Without Fuels

Corpulence

Wool Shearing

Chatel's Direct Acting Steam Cock

Perreaux's Steam Tricycle

Apparatus for Determining the Degree of Moisture of Steam

Sanitary Arrangements in the Residence of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt

Giant Herrings and Herring Pikes

By C. F. Holder

Tricycle Roller Skate

Agricultural Inventions

Miscellaneous Inventions

Mechanical Inventions

Engineering Inventions

Departments

Departments

Recent Inventions

Business and Personal

Index of Inventions

Notes and Queries

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